Striking-bag.



PATBNIED' MAY 12, 1903.

R. REACH.

STRIKING BAG.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 11. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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' UNITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

STRlKlNG-BAG.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 728,177, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed November 11, 1902. Serial No. 130,904. (No model.)

To on whom it may-concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT REACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Striking- Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to striking-bags, and is designed to provide an absolutely central connection between the bag and its suspending-cord and one which will not readily be disconnected or broken, while very easily made.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which the bag is in section.=

The striking-bags now in use are closed by a lacing across the top or on the side; and the mode of suspension is a loop thrown across the top, to which a suspending-cord is tied. This makes the bag untrue, and in addition to this the knot is easily loosened and the connection frequently breaks.

I aim to overcome these objections, and have succeeded by my improved attachment. 1 utilize the ordinary suspending string or cord and secure thereto in'any suitable manner a ball, preferably of wood. This ball is inserted into the mouth of the bag,-a'nd the opening above it is closed by a draw-string, thus holding it firmly in place, makingan absolutely central suspension, at swiveling connection, one not easily disconnected, and

yet a connection readily made.

The invention may be applied to any form of bag, a representative form being shown at A. The suspending-cord is indicated at B and may be of any suitable material. The ball 0 is also representative of any like device, as it is not necessary that it be a perfoot sphere, it being important only that it act as a centering device, and the suspendingcord may be connected with the ball in any suitable manner. The draw-string D may be held in place by being threaded through slits in the cover of the bag or by loops thereon or in any suitable way.

It will be understood that the bag has a neck portion which extends from its body portion up along the suspending means and above the enlargement or ball, and it is this neck which is closed around the suspending means and above the ball by the'operation of the draw-string. It will be understood that by the use of the draw-string the material of the bag is puckered above the enlargement or ball, and this puckered portion of the material adds to the supporting strength of the bag at this point.

What I claim is- 1. In combination with a suspending means having an enlargement at its lower end, a striking-bag having a tubular neck extending-from its body portion above the said enlargement and along the suspending means and means for closing the said neck about the suspending means, substantially as described. f i

-2. In combination, suspending means having an enlargement at the lower end, a striking-bag supportedby the said enlargement and having a portion extending from the enlargement upwardly and longitudinally along the suspending means and a draw-string for securing the upwardly-extending portion about the suspending means, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a suspending-cord having an enlargement at its lower end, a

striking-bag comprising an inner inflatable body and a cover therefor, said cover having a reduced tubular neck of inelastic material extending from its body portion above the said enlargement and along the suspendingcord-witha'n open mouth permitting insertion of and access to the inflatable body and means for drawing in the said reduced neck about the cord and about the top of the enlargement, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a suspending-cord having an enlargement at its lower end, a striking-bag comprising an inner inflatable body and a cover therefor, said cover having a reduced portion of inelastic material extending from its body portion above the said enlargement and along the suspending-cord with'an open mouth permitting insertion of and access to the inflatable body and a drawstring for drawing in the said reduced neck about the cord and about the top of the 1; enlargement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatur in presence of two witnesses.

RoBERT REAoH.

Witnesses:

THEO. H. McOALLA, HARRY BoswELL. 

